Deep in the lungs of South America lies the Peruvian Amazon — a region now experiencing alarming shifts in how gold mining operates and how deforestation is spiraling. The latest data from the Monitoring of the Andes Amazon Program (MAAP) paints a troubling picture: mining is no longer confined to…
The Peruvian Amazon is facing one of its worst environmental crises in history. An illegal gold rush has destroyed nearly 140,000 hectares of rainforest, leaving behind barren landscapes, polluted rivers, and devastated communities. What began decades ago as small-scale prospecting has turned into a massive, organized operation fueled by record-breaking…